A few to a few dozen hectares
Planning and urban design, France
For municipalities, inter-municipal authorities, and the architects and planners who serve them. Municipal and community scale — a few hectares to a few dozen — where the constraints are regulatory and political as much as spatial.
Delivered under joint contract with Condition Urbaine, and with Alu architectes on community studies.
What the engagement covers
- Feasibility and capacity studiesWhat a site can carry, tested before commitments are made
- Structure plans and site layout plansIncluding phasing that survives a change of municipal administration
- Densification within present constraintsSchemes that work within national no-net-land-take targets and stay compatible with the local planning code rather than requiring it to be reopened
- Technical submission supportFor public tender and consultation processes
- Material for public and elected-member presentationDrawings that explain a proposal to people who do not read plans
Commissions have been repeated rather than one-off: Saint-Genis-Pouilly returned for a second study after the first.
The scale is smaller than the international work; the judgement is the same. A municipality deciding where 200 dwellings go is making a more consequential decision per hectare than a development authority deciding where 20,000 go.
Engagements
| Project | Route | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Municipal and community-scale studies, France | Condition Urbaine | 2023–25 |
| Three projects delivered under joint contract | Condition Urbaine | since 2022 |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly — two successive commissions for the same municipality | Condition Urbaine | 2022 and 2023 |
Miribel — stratégie d’intervention et phasage. Secteurs d’intervention, hiérarchie des déplacements, itinéraires piétons et rayons de distance piétonne depuis le centre-ville. Réalisé en collaboration avec Condition Urbaine.
A study to launch, or a submission to prepare?
gilles.khairallah@urvis.fr·+33 (0)6 71 30 00 39